Where does “Павлович” come from?

Павлович (Russian) comes from Russian Па́вел, from Old Church Slavonic Павьлъ, from Ancient Greek Παῦλος, from Latin paulus, from Latin paullus.

Ancestry of “Павлович”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianПа́велPaul
2Old Church SlavonicПавьлъ
3Ancient GreekΠαῦλοςPaul, a common Roman name, famously held by Paul, the Christian apostle
4Latinpauluslittle, small
5Latinpaullus
Every word from Latin paullus